‘Steak and Chips’ Salad

Name: ‘Steak and Chips’ Salad
Yield: Saturday Night Dinner for 2
Ingredients: 6 small mushrooms, finely sliced; 6 cherry tomatoes, sliced; 100 g/3½ oz.mix of rocket (arugula), watercress and spinach; 100 g/3½ oz.mix of rocket (arugula), watercress and spinach; 100 g/3½ oz.mix of rocket (arugula), watercress and spinach; 100 g/3½ oz.mix of rocket (arugula), watercress and spinach; pinch of garlic sea salt; pinch of garlic sea salt; salt; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 small onion, cut into rings; 2 (175 g/6 oz) prime sirloin steaks, fat removed (although a paltry 175 g/6 oz.would never suffice for Mr Shopkeeper); 2 medium fluffy chipping potatoes (King Edward or Maris Piper); 4 tbsp rapeseed (canola) or sunflower oil; 4 tbsp rapeseed (canola) or sunflower oil; 1 level tsp paprika; 2 heaped tsp Dijon mustard; 2 medium fluffy chipping potatoes (King Edward or Maris Piper); 2 medium fluffy chipping potatoes (King Edward or Maris Piper); 4 tbsp rapeseed (canola) or sunflower oil; 1 small beetroot

Preparation info

Saturday Night Dinner for
2

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Salmagundi

By Sally Butcher

Published 2014

About

Just to prove to your carnivorous best beloved that salad never means having to say you’re sorry. There are, of course, some unswayable types for whom steak is only steak if it comes in sizzling slab format, but for the rest of the world this is a slightly healthier/funkier option.

Ingredients

2 medium fluffy chipping potatoes (King Edward or Maris Piper)
1 small beetroot

Dinner
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Peel the potatoes and beetroot, cut them into very thin chips (AKA French fries) and place them in a bowl of cold water for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas mark 7 and line a baking tray with some oiled parchment paper.

Drain the tubers a